After persuading the students from Zhangzhou Prefecture, Chu Ci also criticized the students from Beipu Prefecture. After all, they were the ones who took action first. Moreover, these students gathered together to make trouble regardless of the occasion. Although there was a reason for the incident, those who deserved punishment still had to be punished.

, so with a stroke of his pen, Chu Ci punished all the students present today to perform voluntary labor.

The place of labor was the charity home and orphanage in Fucheng, and they needed to help there for three days. These students were so ashamed that they did not dare to have any objections to Chu Ci's punishment, so they all nodded in agreement.

After they left, Chu Ci breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Kou Jing who had been standing not far away, and complained: "These children are too difficult to deal with, they are not taken lightly or seriously, so I have to rack my brains to think of ways, lest I

Hurt their young hearts."

"You've done a good job. I think they won't be as impulsive as they were today." Kou Jing stepped forward and stretched out her hand. In Chu Ci's confused eyes, she patted his shoulder to express comfort.

Chu Ci was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled with his eyes bent. He felt that Kou Jingjing's actions were treating him like a child.

Kou Jing didn't know why he was smiling, but he also smiled.

The two of them were looking at each other in silence. Chu Ci suddenly remembered that he still had a mission, so he took Kou Jing's hand and walked back: "Come on, there is nothing to do now. I will take you to correct the paper."

He is responsible for judging the final ranking. This is a big project. Now that he has a strong man, of course he must pay close attention to it. He believes that with Kou Jing's knowledge, he will be able to do this job.

…

"Master, are you asleep?" Butler Xu waited all night, and finally the lights came on in the guest room where Kou Jing lived.

"Uncle Xu, why aren't you asleep yet?" Kou Jing was just about to lie down when he heard a knock on the door and got up to open the door. He looked at Butler Xu in confusion, wondering why he came to look for him at this time.

Butler Xu looked at his bedroom through the open door and felt relieved when he found that he was the only one there.

"I saw that you hadn't rested, young master, so I came over to take a look. By the way, I heard from the young master that you and Master Chu went out alone later?" he asked pretending to be casual.

Kou Jing did not doubt his presence and explained what happened just now.

Butler Xu was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Oh, that's right, what's the matter? Master Chu is very good at teaching people. These children all obey him, and they are all well-behaved.

no……"

Seeing that Butler Xu was talking a lot, Kou Jing interrupted him and asked: "Uncle Xu, you came here so late, you don't want to talk to me about this.

Right?"

"Haha, just a casual chat..." Butler Xu still wanted to talk to him, but when he saw Kou Jing's eyes that seemed to see through everything, he finally suppressed his smile and said: "Master, you are getting older.

, it’s time to consider life-long matters. Just tell me what kind of girl you like, and I promise to find you a good one!"

"Let's discuss this later." The sudden urge to marry made Kou Jing frown slightly. He didn't want to talk about it.

"We can't discuss it later!" Butler Xu was a little agitated. Soon, he forced himself to calm down and persuaded earnestly, "When I was your age, my lady was already three years old. You said before that you were marching and fighting.

Continuously, I am afraid that I will delay my young lady. Now that you are serving in this navy camp, young master, there will be no more wars for at least a few years, which is just suitable for starting a family."

"Uncle Xu, I just want to raise Yu'er well now. I don't want to mention the love between my children yet." Kou Jing moved out Zhong Liyu. In fact, he had already regarded Zhong Liyu as a descendant of the Kou family.

"Master, your life-long events have nothing to do with the young master. He has grown up now. Even if you get married, you don't have to worry about him being punished in the backyard." Butler Xu advised.

"Uncle Xu, why are you suddenly so eager to get me a family?" Kou Jing felt that something was wrong with him.

Butler Xu murmured a few times, wanting to express his feelings. Before, he felt that something was wrong with the relationship between the young master and the young master Chu, but the two of them just exchanged letters more frequently, which could not explain anything. But today, his young master said that the young master had changed his mind since the young master Chu.

After coming back, his eyes almost never left his body, and he knew something was wrong!

Once there is doubt about something, everything before will become clues pointing to the truth. Now that I think about it, his young master's thoughts probably started a long time ago.

Butler Xu's expression changed again and again, but in the end he just sighed and said: "There are three ways to be unfilial, the worst is not having an heir."

Kou Jing smiled: "Uncle Xu, you know that there are three types of unfilial piety. Having no heirs means that Shun married without telling me and failed to fulfill his obligations as a child. If I want to get married one day, I will definitely go to my parents' souls.

My condolences."

Butler Xu was silent for a while: "Tomorrow I will take your name card to the matchmaker."

Seeing that Butler Xu was too soft and wanted to be tough, but still refused to reveal the truth, Kou Jing could only follow her own guess.

"Uncle Xu, the reason why you want me to have a family is because you discovered that I -"

"Stop talking!" Butler Xu yelled, his expression was a little embarrassed and his eyes were red, "Master, since you don't want to get a wife yet, forget it!" After saying that, he wanted to leave.

"Uncle Xu, I will never marry her in this life." Since I'm ready to make it clear, I might as well say it all.

Butler Xu stopped and turned his back to Kou Jing, his whole body trembling.

"My heart is happy with him. If we can join hands for the rest of our lives, it will be my luck. If we are not destined to be separated, it will be my misfortune. But regardless of luck or misfortune, there is no room for a third person here. Uncle Xu, you are the only one I have.

Besides Yu'er, I am the most important family member, I hope you can understand. In addition, Cidi only regards me as a best friend, so please don't embarrass him."

Watching Butler Xu's back staggering away, Kou Jing couldn't bear it. He sighed and was about to close the door when he saw a person standing at the corner on the other side.

"Are you stupid?" Chu Ci asked, and he slowly approached, "Why don't you say that we are in love?"

"I'm afraid that Uncle Xu's concern will lead to chaos. He may not come to you, but he may ask your family to persuade you to correct your evil ways." Kou Jing sighed. He knew Uncle Xu. If he didn't say this, in order to let him go on the "

"Right path", he will definitely use every means to obstruct it.

Chu Ci smiled bitterly: "Return from evil? Yes, in their eyes, this kind of emotion is like a savage beast that cannot be tolerated in the world."

Kou Jing wanted to ask him if he had regrets at the time, but he swallowed the words back. He was afraid that he would hear the word regret, so let him be selfish for a while...

"But so what? Life is short, only a few decades. If you can't live it according to your own wishes, what's the point of living in this world?"

The slightly arrogant words were a great comfort to Kou Jing's ears. This was Chu Ci's own way of telling him that he had no regrets about this relationship!

"I have read a sentence before, and now I want to give it to you." Chu Ci approached Kou Jing, whispered a sentence in his ear, and then left gracefully.

At night, Kou Jing was lying on the bed, facing the dark roof, and kept reciting those words in her heart:

"Since I am willing to show my preference to one person, I am willing to spend the rest of my life being generous."

…

Early the next morning, Lu Jingshu and Ah Qing came back in a carriage.

"Dad, I'm back!" After getting off the carriage, Lu Jingshu went to Chu Ci's study. Her face was full of smiles and her eyes were bright. She thought that the process of attending the banquet was quite pleasant.

"Just come back. Is it fun there? Have you been bullied? If someone bullies you, tell your father and I will teach him a lesson." Chu Ci looked at his cute and sensible daughter, and most of the irritability lingering in his heart disappeared.

Lu Jingshu covered her mouth and smiled politely: "Dad, no one bullied me. We didn't go to play, we went to join a club. Everyone wrote poems. Some of the sisters wrote very well. It turns out that the official

Daughter, everyone needs to study."

"Of course. Girls who study more will not be easily fooled. By the way, the uncle I told you about before is here. Do you want to meet him? He has prepared a lot of gifts for you." Chu Ci asked Xiao

The girl's opinion.

Lu Jingshu was a little expectant and a little nervous. She paused for a moment, and then said: "Dad, will Uncle Kou like me?"

"Of course I will! You are smart, cute, and so sensible. Who wouldn't like you? Daddy will call him over. You can wait here."

After saying that, Chu Ci went out to look for Kou Jing. However, when he and Kou Jing returned to the study with the gifts, they found that the little girl was missing.

Kou Jing took the gift and looked a little sad: "It seems that she doesn't want to see me."

"No!" Chu Ci immediately denied, "Jingshu may have gone out for something. Look, she's here now!"

As soon as Chu Ci finished speaking, Lu Jingshu stepped into the study.

"Jingshu has met Uncle Kou." Lu Jingshu was still a little nervous when she faced the tall Kou Jing. This uncle had a scar on the side of his face and his aura was scarier than those in the yamen.

But the way he looked at her was as gentle as when her father looked at her. Gradually, she also relaxed. This Uncle Kou spoke a little stiffly, but he was a very good person. He gave her many gifts, each of which

She liked them all. So, Lu Jingshu took out the gifts she had prepared.

"When I heard that uncle was coming, Jingshu started to prepare. If the embroidery is not good, please don't mind, uncle." Lu Jingshu held a purse embroidered with pines and cypresses in her hands and carefully handed it to Kou Jing.

Kou Jing took the purse, thanked her seriously, and tied the purse around her waist meticulously.

Seeing the expressions of the two of them as if they had completed some important ritual, Chu Ci chuckled to himself, and at the same time he felt very sad in his heart. These two people had never met before, but they both valued each other's first meeting.

Of course, it can only be because of him. It is a very happy thing to be treated with so much respect.

However, there were also people who were unhappy at this time. When Butler Xu saw Kou Jing fawning over Lu Jingshu, he deeply understood for the first time what Aiwujiwu meant. While he hoped that Chu Ci would never discover his young master's feelings, he also tolerated it.

I can't help but feel sad for him.
Chapter completed!